The pleasures of the table belong to all times and ages, to every country and every day; they go hand in hand with all our other pleasures, outlast them, and remain to console us for their loss.

Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.

Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.

To invite people to dine with us is to make ourselves responsible for their well-being for as long as they are under our roofs.

Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved.

In fine, the truffle is the very diamond of gastronomy.

Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us the most important service in civic life.

Dessert without cheese is like a beauty with only one eye

Animals feed themselves; men eat; but only wise men know the art of eating

The fate of a nation depends on the way that they eat.

The truffle is not a positive aphrodisiac, but it can upon occasion make women tenderer and men more apt to love.

Atheists are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them -- and then they leap.

We trust and rely on God at all times.

It is either you let go of the things and people that are dragging you down and start climbing to the top or you could forget about the possibility of you ever making it to the top.

Each new frienship begins with the first word.

They'll want to kill the crazies first. Big fish eat little fish -- always have, always will.

What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.

I love the little suckers; they're so cute. But I love sleep so much, and I worry about everything.

I do not believe I have any immortality. The greatest evil in the world today is the Christian religion

I have lived according to rules that I embrace, but I don't feel like my job is to force others to embrace the rules that I embrace for myself.

Where we focus our energy is where we will get the results.